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The U.S. reptile most at risk from rising seas is one you likely haven’t heard of
by Marlowe Starling on 20 April 2021
The Florida reef gecko is the most vulnerable reptile to sea level rise in the U.S, according to biologists at the University of Miami.
The Florida reef gecko is the only native gecko in the eastern United States and one of the few reptiles native to Florida, the state with the largest number of invasive species.
Researchers have submitted a petition to the state of Florida to list the species as endangered or threatened, but its success may hinge on the question of whether the species is truly native to Florida.
New chameleon species may be world’s smallest reptile
About the size of a sunflower seed, the newly described creature from Madagascar may already be critically endangered.
ByJason Bittel
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Scientists have discovered a tiny new species of chameleon in a patch of rainforest in northern Madagascar. This so-called nano-chameleon is about the size of a sunflower seed, fits on the tip of a finger, and may be the smallest reptile on Earth.
Officially known as
Brookesia nana, or
B. nana for short, the new species is so tiny it’s thought to survive on a diet of mites and springtails, which it hunts down in leaf litter.
New chameleon species may be world’s smallest reptile Jason Bittel
A female
Brookesia nana chameleon in Madagascar. The species is likely the smallest reptile on Earth.
Scientists have discovered a tiny new species of chameleon in a patch of rainforest in northern Madagascar. This so-called nano-chameleon is about the size of a sunflower seed, fits on the tip of a finger, and may be the smallest reptile on Earth.
Officially known as
Brookesia nana, or
B. nana for short, the new species is so tiny it’s thought to survive on a diet of mites and springtails, which it hunts down in leaf litter.